Negation and Nonveridicality in the History of Greek

This book provides a thorough investigation of the expression of sentential negation in the history of Greek, based on extensive data from major stages of the language. It also provides a new semantic interpretation of Jespersen's cycle that explains the Greek developments and those in other languages.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The (non)veridicality theory and negator choice


• 3: Negation and polarity in Classical Greek (5th-4th century BC)


• 4: Developments in Hellenistic-Roman times and the non-veridicality projection (3rd-4th century AD)


• 5: Late Medieval Greek and beyond: The renewal of NEG1


• 6: Renewal and stability: One full Jespersen's cycle and one persistent polarity item


• 7: Conclusion


• Appendix of texts


• References

About the author

Katerina Chatzopoulou is an Instructor in Linguistics at New York College in Thessaloniki and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research interests range from historical semantics and language change to evolutionary epistemology and the popularization of science. She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago in 2012 in the field of historical syntax and semantics, and her work has appeared in a variety of international journals and edited volumes.

Summary

This book provides a thorough investigation of the expression of sentential negation in the history of Greek, based on extensive data from major stages of the language. It also provides a new semantic interpretation of Jespersen's cycle that explains the Greek developments and those in other languages.

Additional text

Overall, the book is clear and well-organized. It presents a coherent view of the (non)veridicality theory diachronically through the study of Greek negation. The book would make a great addition to the libraries of semanticists, historical linguists and anyone else requiring a book providing synchronic and diachronic evidence and a novel perspective on the much-discussed phenomenon of negation.

Product details

• Authors: Katerina Chatzopoulou, Katerina (Instructor in Linguistics Chatzopoulou
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780198712404
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871240-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Diachronic a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Homer, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Historical & comparative linguistics, Modern Greek, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Historical and comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc